No Shame for the Sun: Lives of Professional Pakistani Women

(Part of the Gender, Culture, and Politics in the Middle East Series)

by Shahla Haeri

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This groundbreaking work sheds new light on the status, conflicts, and social realities of educated Muslim women in Pakistan. Six candid interviews introduce readers to a class of professional Muslim women that is rarely, if ever, acknowledged in the West.

These women tell of conflicts and compromises with family, kin, and community, while facing violence, archaic marriage rules, and locally entrenched codes of conduct. With brave eloquence...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0815629796

ISBN13:9780815629795

Release Date:November 2002

Publisher:Syracuse University Press

Length:490 Pages

Weight:1.54 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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